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2 of 15: -- opens a door through which you can just glimpse a really amazing new sarcophagus. Wow!
3 of 15: But let's be cautious here; that hallway with the tiles with the glyphs on them looks really dicey. We need to find a way to cross that hallway safely.
4 of 15: You can find a hint about this close by --
5 of 15: -- in the coded hieroglyphic held in the hand of the statue on the left side of the door. What does it say?
6 of 15: Well, that's not much help. The word "destiny" seems to have some significance, but what exactly?
7 of 15: And let me save you some trouble; don't bother trying to spell out the English word "destiny" phonetically and step on those stones. I tried that and died repeatedly.
8 of 15: You need the help of an expert. It's time to call Professor Hotchkiss again (sigh).
9 of 15: When you ask her about the problem, she says that the name of Nefertari's cat translates to "Destiny." That can't be a coincidence! But ... what is the cat's name in hieroglyphics?
10 of 15: You saw it when you solved the scale puzzle in the cat tomb, if you've solved it.
11 of 15: The cat's name is written in hieroglyphics on a plaque in the drawer that opened when you solved the scale puzzle. You can't take it with you, so either draw a picture of the glyphs or take a picture with your cell phone.
12 of 15: Now go back to the hall that leads to the golden sarcophagus and step on the stones that make up the cat's name in glyphs.
13 of 15: The first glyph on the plaque is a square with the bottom open; I understand it means "house." So look for a stone in the floor that looks like that, and step on it.
14 of 15: Next is a picture of a cat, so step on the cat stone. And so on.
15 of 15: This is much easier than it sounds, as long as you have a picture of the cat plaque to refer to. In any one scene you're in, there will only ever be one right stone to step on. And when you're done, you've reached the golden sarcophagus -- and you'll never have to do THAT again.
